NTT DOCOMO, ENEOS, Kajima Corporation and 6 other companies announced their participation in a demonstration of the clean fuel certificate scheme. The demonstration will certify the environmental value of next-generation fuels and transfer it to end users, with the aim of verifying the scheme and identifying operational challenges.
On 8 October, NTT DOCOMO, ENEOS, Kajima Corporation and 6 other companies announced that they would participate in a demonstration conducted by the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, a division of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, under its project to develop an environmental value certification scheme. The purpose is to certify the environmental value of next-generation fuels and verify the effectiveness, design and operational challenges of a scheme that transfers this value to end users separately from the physical fuel.
The demonstration will involve NTT DOCOMO, ENEOS, Kajima Corporation, Shimizu Corporation, Tsurumi Sunmarine, T2, Tokyu Construction, NIPPO and Japan Airlines (JAL), among others. Several companies, including Toyota Motor Corporation, are expected to participate as end users, and consideration will proceed on specific applications and challenges ahead of the scheme's introduction.
The clean fuel certificate scheme certifies and transfers the environmental value of next-generation fuels in the form of certificates, allowing the physical fuel and its environmental value to be consumed separately. The certified environmental value can then be purchased by other end users.
In this demonstration, ENEOS will be responsible for importing hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) and providing environmental value certificates. Participating end-user companies will verify how the certificates can be used and examine challenges in operating the scheme. HVO is a biofuel produced by hydrotreating waste oil and other feedstocks, and is expected to deliver a greater decarbonisation effect over its full life cycle than conventional fuels.